well i am not actually going to buy my second plane first, i plan on buying them together. The reason i want an ARF trainer is that i fully expect it to get beat up(perhaps my second plane will as well) and i would hate to spend all that time on some thing that may not last that long. One of the things that has atracted me to r/c planes (besides flying) is all the beautiful planes to choose from. i am thrilled to learn how to fly but i just cant get that excited about a trainer.